avoid

[ə'vɔid]

vt.避免, 逃避, [律]使无效,撤销

vt.

1. 避开, 躲开

I avoided him as much as possible.

我尽量避开他。

2. 避免[(n./+v-ing)]

They all avoided mentioning that name.

他们都避免提及那名字。

She braked suddenly and avoided an accident.

她紧急刹车, 避免了一场车祸。

3. 【律】使无效; 撤销

词形变化

形容词: avoidable | 副词: avoidably | 名词: avoider | 动词过去式: avoided | 动词过去分词: avoided | 动词现在分词: avoiding | 动词第三人称单数: avoids |

词义辨析

同义:

vt.避开, 躲开

shun  evade  escape  eschew  elude  snub  keep away from  

同义参见:

forbear  refrain  blink  dodge  parry  annul  shirk  help  avert  ward  ignore  

反义:

vt.避开; 躲开; 避免

face  approach  confront  

反义参见:

meet  

英英释义

动词 avoid:

stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something

prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening

同义词：debar, obviate, deflect, avert, head off, stave off, fend off, ward off

refrain from doing something

refrain from certain foods or beverages

同义词：keep off

declare invalid

同义词：invalidate, annul, quash, void, nullify

补充

avoidavoid英:[əˈvɔid] 美:[əˈvɔɪd]vt.1.避开, 避免, 预防I avoided him as much as possible.我尽可能地躲开他。Try to avoid accidents.尽量防止事故。He avoided answering my questions.他避而不答我的问题。

例句

1. a book on how to avoid a heart attack一本关于如何预防心脏病发作的书 2. emergency action to avoid a disaster旨在避免灾难的紧急行动 3. Drink lots of water to avoid becoming dehydrated.大量饮水以免脱水。 4. They should avoid alcohol.他们不应喝酒。 5. All through lunch he had carefully avoided the subject of the house.整个午饭期间, 他一直在小心翼翼地回避房子的话题。 6. Try to avoid breathing in the fumes.要尽量避免吸入烟雾。 7. avoid going out on your own at night.避免夜间独自出门。 8. He fled to Costa Rica to avoid doing military service.为了避免服兵役, 他逃到了哥斯达黎加。 9. She swerved to avoid an oncoming car.她突然转向以避开迎面开来的汽车。 10. The driver had ample time to brake or swerve and avoid the woman.司机有足够的时间刹车或急转弯, 来避开那个女人。 11. She thought he was trying to avoid her.她觉得他在尽量避开她。 12. to avoid a contract使合同无效 13. to avoid a person避开某人 14. to avoid crowds避开人群 15. to avoid breakage使免于破损 16. He managed to avoid being punished.他设法逃脱了惩罚。 17. avoid excessive exposure to the sun.避免过多地在太阳下暴晒。 18. Gerard avoided meeting his eye.杰勒德避免同他的目光相遇。 19. a place that Robyn normally avoided like the plague.一个罗宾平时像躲避瘟疫一样远离的地方。 20. boys queued up to take Gloria out, but avoided Deirdre.男孩们排着队要带格洛里亚出去玩，但都避开迪尔德丽。 21. book early to avoid disappointment.及早预约以防失望。 22. He always tried to avoid an argument if possible.他总是尽量避免争执。 23. She has to avoid eating fatty food.她不得不避免吃高脂肪食物。 24. I leave home at 7 o'clock in order to avoid the rush hour.我7点钟就出门，避开交通繁忙的时间。 25. Why do you keep avoiding me?你为什么总躲着我？ 26. She took a detour to avoid the heavy traffic.她绕行以避开交通堵塞。 27. They successfully avoided each other for days.他们成功地相互回避了多日。 28. He tried hard to avoid accidents.他尽量避免发生事故。 29. We need to avoid further delays.我们需要避免再次耽搁。 30. avoid embarrassment避免尴尬 31. He was caught trying to avoid arrest.他试图躲避追捕时被发现了。 32. in an effort to avoid confusion试图避免混淆 33. I'm not going to be late if I can avoid it.如果可以避免的话，我不想迟到。 34. How can I avoid paying too much tax?我怎样才能避免缴太多的税？ 35. I am trying to avoid showing any hint of favoritism.我尽量避免表露出任何偏袒。 36. It was a foolish and easily avoidable accident.这是一起愚蠢的、可以轻易避免的事故。 37. an avoidable conflict/risk可以避免的冲突/风险